on the edge of ordinary

For most of last week I hung out with the OMF Japan social media team . We're a five-person remote team and work from our respective hom...

I've just finished reading a book called Sacred Pathways  by Gary L. Thomas. It's about different "spiritual temperaments"...

Someone asked me what I've been up to this week. It's been a very detailed-focused week. I'm working on the pointy-end of the ne...

One of the things I like to check in the morning is the "On this day" on Facebook. It brings up a lot of interesting things that I...

I'm someone who loves a good, long, deep conversation.  This friend and I have sat through many wrestling meets, cross-country meets...

A line drawing of where I am. Maybe tomorrow I'll think to take a photo of my own during daylight. I sat around a table at afternoon...

The longer I live this life the longer I realise how much grace I need to extend to others. But also to myself. I'm realising more and...

Parenting is a tough gig. Parenting in the context of living our kind of lifestyle is even trickier.  Some kids thrive. Others struggle...

This week I'm so proud of my sons and some things they've done or are doing this week. But here I will focus on my youngest son. H...

Our youngest was sad on the first day of school last week. It was a half-day. CAJ always starts with a half-day (8.30-12) and it just wasn...

This weekend my husband is being a Physics teacher geek, getting together with a bunch of other international school physics teachers. I...

In Japan blood types are a big deal. I knew this, but this article told me much more. Apparently employers often ask about blood type inter...

I came across a new idea the other day. Totally-out-of-the-blue idea; an idea that I've never consciously considered before. That doesn...

Hmm, this is a hairy one. Especially as a number of my colleagues read this blog! Please, no one take offence at what I write. I'm being...

Well, what to write about today? I'm doing a great job of messing things up, it seems. The older I get the more mistakes I seem to be ma...

What's the first thing kids say when they see you after school? Yesterday, from my nearly 9 y.o. I received: "Yay, I've got hom...